Influential Businessman J. Bruce Llewellyn, Dies At 82

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Pioneering African American businessman J. Bruce Llewellyn once called
his success "nerve wracking, gut-wrenching and pain inducing." Born to
Jamaican immigrants living in Harlem, Llewellyn, who stood at a towering
6-foot-6, worked his way up from door-to-door salesman to one of the
richest African Americans in the nation.
Llewellyn first found success investing in a chain of
supermarkets in Harlem and the Bronx which he turned from a rundown franchise to a $100 million
company. "Minorities have to understand that the world revolves around
the golden rule," he once said. "Those who have the
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